Avonmore Apartment, some old photographs

5515 Avonmore Avenue

5514 Avonmore Avenue

My brother at Avonmore apartment, Christmas, around 1949

My brother at Avonmore apartment, Christmas 1949

My brother at Avonmore apartment, Christmas, around 1949

Gerry and Kitty Heffernan (Gerry Heffernan played for the Montreal Canadiens
hockey team) were good friends of my parents and visited
them often at the Avonmore apartment

Here is a photograph taken by one of my parents, it is the 1939
construction of the Avonmore apartments; according to the City of Montreal's
website, the building was constructed in 1943, this must be an error.

 

Mount Royal Cemetery, 27 November 2012

 

My father's grave before a monument was installed

I placed the cinder block and stones there, "Between Chaston and Green"

The garden, 19 November 2024

It’s the same garden but it changes, it’s a living entity subject to the changing seasons, weather, and time of day. It was Clause Monet who showed us how the sunlight at the different times of the day changed our perception and our emotional response to the same environment, the paintings in the Série des Cathédrales de Rouen is a good example of this. And so with each changing season it’s the same garden but it's like a different garden, that’s how it appears, but it’s still the same garden, changing, growing, this place of peace and quiet in the city. 

Loyola campus of Concordia University

 

Vanier Library 

Morning in the garden

Photos taken on 30 July 2024. There aren’t many beautiful days like this!